clock running fast

[Peter Jeremy]

On Thu, 2004-Dec-30 15:59:10 -0500, Harlan Stenn wrote:
>> Remove /var/db/ntpd.drift before you reboot or restart your ntpd.
>
>Why would you want to do this?

On a number of occasions, I've had the ntpd PLL start oscillating and
winding up saturated at +500ppm or -500ppm.  Removing ntpd.drift lets
it recover.  Admittedly, this was mostly on old versions of ntpd - I'm
not sure if the problem is still present.

-- 
Peter Jeremy